200 more nurses needed for migration to Mater Dei - MUMN
Gerald Fenech
With the opening of the new Mater Dei hospital just a couple of days away, it seems that the actual migration is still in a precarious state. It appears that it will take more than a significant effort to get the new hospital, which will cost the nation over a quarter of a billion liri, up and running. READ MORE >>

Rise in tax burden highest in Malta – Eurostat
The rise in the tax burden as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product registered the highest increase in Malta and Cyprus from the EU-27 from 1995 to 2005, according to the latest statistics released by Eurostat yesterday. READ MORE >>

Manufacturing industry is being strangled in ‘small doses’ – Edward Scicluna
Charlot Zahra
Speaking to BusinessToday in wake of last week’s redundancies from VF and Bortex, which left 650 workers jobless, Professor Edward Scicluna, an eminent economist, said that like the loss of a beloved member of the family, the loss of a big firm sends a “strong shock that reverberates throughout. READ MORE >>